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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Second regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
Second regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. （1) Col. Charles Russell Lowell, Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. （2) Col. Caspar Crowninshield, Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. companies. Field and staff.LineABC of these, were organized and mustered into service from February to May, 1863, under Col. Charles Russell Lowell, and, leaving Readville May 11, encamped near Washington, moving camp on June 23 to P, and the regiment was united with the 13th and 16th N. Y. Cavalries to form a brigade, with Colonel Lowell as brigade commander. On September 15 four companies were detached under Major Thompson and4, the regiment took part in the defence of Washington, and as part of the 3d Brigade, under Colonel Lowell, was in constant action during the month of August. At the battle of the Opequon, Septemberby Philip Baybutt of Co. A. In the battle of Cedar Creek the regiment met its saddest loss, Colonel Lowell being wounded there, and dying the next day at Middletown, Va. The regiment went into winter
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Twenty-sixth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
–––23–31––1–––10 Totals,8––561662252––43 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,1664––––––––––––80 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.7–24145133145140160120116104124124111,353 Totals,––––––––––––––1,433 The 26th Mass. Infantry was recruited by Col. Edward F. Jones, who had commanded the 6th Infantry M. V. M. during its eventful three months service. Going into camp at Cambridge, Mass., August 28, as the 6th Mass. Infantry, it moved September 23 to Camp Chase, Lowell, where it completed its organization as the 26th Mass. Infantry, being mustered into service during September and October, 1861. The regiment was sent to Ship Island, Miss., and, arriving December 3, remained in camp until the spring of 1862. In the operations against New Orleans it formed part of the force moving to Quarantine, occupied Forts St. Philip and Jackson after their evacuation by the enemy, and, statione
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.––2115–––111–12 Totals,4–3337211232–31 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,1538–––––––––––53 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.10–14313413412813512510612112614461,312 Totals,–––––––––––––1,365 The 31st Mass. Infantry, under the name of the Western Bay State Regiment, was raised in the autumn and winter of 1861-62 by General Butler, was in camp at Pittsfield, Mass., and moved in February to Camp Chase, Lowell. It left the State February 21 to join the Department of the Gulf, under command of Col. Oliver P. Gooding, a graduate of West Point, and first lieutenant 10th U. S. Infantry. General Butler and his staff embarked at Fortress Monroe on the Mississippi, which carried the regiment to Ship Island, where they landed March 23, having been delayed by storms and accident on the passage. Soon after the arrival of the regiment its designa